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Protect Your Business Computer From Hackers and Trackers with This $70 VPN Deal
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Browsing online and using public networks can make your computer vulnerable to a wide range of hackers and trackers. For entrepreneurs running a business, being bogged down or having your team members bogged down by dangerous, cost-threatening disruptions like these is unacceptable.
A good way to keep you and your team safe and working fast while online is with a reliable VPN subscription. To help, this Windscribe VPN Pro Plan three-year subscription is available for $69.97 (reg. $207) through May 12th at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Windscribe can be a great VPN subscription for entrepreneurs and small businesses because it supports unlimited devices. Going beyond typical VPN services, Windscribe offers itself as a desktop application and browser extension. All-in-all, it can be used to unblock websites, block ads, and keep you safe without expecting you to configure a wide range of complicated settings.
Windscribe’s no-logging policy will keep your team safe, and its high-end encryption methods will keep their data safe from hackers and trackers.
This service runs on a system of servers in more than 69 countries and 112 cities. It uses something called split tunneling, which allows users to choose which apps use the VPN and which ones don’t. This is a great feature for teams with remote employees who toggle between work and personal programs on the same screen.
Windscribe is rated Very Good on Tom’s Guide and 4/5 stars and above on Tech Radar, PC World, and G2.
Don’t forget that this Windscribe VPN Pro Plan three-year subscription is available for the best-of-web price of $69.97 (reg. $207) only through May 12th at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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Best US Cities to Start a Business, Entrepreneurship: Report
What city is best for starting your business? While several factors should play into a decision, a new report from fintech company SumUp has identified the top 10 for entrepreneurship based on tax data, the number of millionaires in the city, and even Google searches.
New York topped the list because of the opportunities it offers across industries, from tech to fashion, and its 4% sales tax, which was the lowest of the group. New Yorkers also frequently Google “how to get rich” and “how to make it in business,” the study found. The city also offers access to over 30 WeWork coworking locations, the most of all the cities in the report, which theoretically could help startup employees collaborate.
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Chicago came in at No. 2, with SumUp researchers highlighting its 120,500 millionaires and high interest in entrepreneurship through tracked Google searches. They also found that Chicago stood out for finance startups.
Rounding out the top three was Miami, “where the weather is warm and taxes are low,” according to the study. Travel, tourism, and commerce startups thrive in this city, which has 0% personal income and capital gains tax.
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Here’s a complete list of the top ten cities for entrepreneurship, according to the report.
1. New York
Number of millionaires: 349,500
Personal income tax – highest income: 10.90%
Sales tax: 4.00%
2. Chicago
Number of millionaires: 120,500
Personal income tax – highest income: 4.95%
Sales tax: 6.25%
3. Miami
Number of millionaires: 35,300
Personal income tax – highest income: 0.00%
Sales tax: 6.00%
4. Los Angeles
Number of millionaires: 212,100
Personal income tax – highest income: 13.30%
Sales tax: 9.50%
5. Dallas
Number of millionaires: 68,600
Personal income tax – highest income: 0.00%
Sales tax: 6.25%
6. Austin
Number of millionaires: 32,700
Personal income tax – highest income: 0.00%
Sales tax: 6.25%
7. Houston
Number of millionaires: 90,900
Personal income tax – highest income: 0.00%
Sales tax: 6.25%
8. Seattle
Number of millionaires: 54,200
Personal income tax – highest income: 0.00%
Sales tax: 6.50%
9. Washington
Number of millionaires: 28,300
Personal income tax – highest income: 10.75%
Sales tax: 6.00%
10. Boston
Number of millionaires: 42,900
Personal income tax – highest income: 9.00%
Sales tax: 6.25%
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What Is Founder Mode and Why Is It Better Than Manager Mode?
Paul Graham, the founder of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator, coined a new term this week that has taken over social media: founder mode.
In an article released on September 1 and publicized on X over Labor Day weekend, Graham separates “founder mode” from the traditional “manager mode” route by noting key differences in management styles and organizational structure. Graham’s X post has over 21 million views at press time.
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Founder mode means that the CEO interacts with employees across the organization, not just their direct reports. The startup, even as it grows into a large company, is less hierarchical; the CEO could do “skip-level” meetings with employees, for example. Graham gave the real-world example of Steve Jobs running an annual retreat for who he thought were the 100 most important people at Apple — regardless of where they were on the corporate ladder.
Manager mode, meanwhile, is less hands-on and involves more delegation to other people. Founders can grow companies and run them effectively without switching to manager mode, Graham stated.
“Hire good people and give them room to do their jobs,” Graham wrote. “Sounds great when it’s described that way, doesn’t it? Except in practice, judging from the report of founder after founder, what this often turns out to mean is: hire professional fakers and let them drive the company into the ground.”
Related: How to Start Your Dream Business This Weekend, According to a Tech CEO Worth $36 Million
Graham gave the example of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who tried to follow conventional “manager mode” wisdom to hire good people and let them do their jobs.
“The results were disastrous,” Graham wrote.
Chesky had to pivot to a different “founder mode” style of management and explained in an interview last year that founders have multiple advantages over managers: They have owned every part of the process of building a company, from start to finish; They have built the company up, so they can rebuild it; and they have permission to rebrand the company or make major changes.
This is it: @bchesky on founder mode.
Three reasons why founders differ from managers:
1. Being the biological parent
2. Full permission to make change
3. Knowing how to rebuild the company pic.twitter.com/VhuQ70B8FK— Yana Welinder (@yanatweets) September 2, 2024
In the past few days since Graham released his essay, the social media world has begun exploring what it means in humorous and insightful ways. One post drew a comparison between micromanaging and founder mode.
founder mode pic.twitter.com/LWOlaFq4UJ
— ST (@seyitaylor) September 2, 2024
Other posts from women founders addressed the question: Can women be in founder mode too?
Chesky wrote on X earlier this week that women founders had been reaching out to him since Graham released the essay about how they can’t run their companies in founder mode the same way men can.
“This needs to change,” he wrote.
Remember when the female founders did founder mode and all got cancelled for it?
— Sara Mauskopf (@sm) September 3, 2024
It happened to me first — headlines portraying me as a “toxic leader” when I had to make the same, often unpopular, decisions that my male peers did without critique.
For them, it’s called Founder Mode, and it’s celebrated (a proper noun! With its own merch! And trademarks… https://t.co/rF0IM1huy3
— Sophia Amoruso 3.0 (@sophiaamoruso) September 5, 2024
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Lost $10 Billion in 1 Day
Nvidia’s stock faced an unprecedented drop on Tuesday, wiping off $279 billion in market value, the largest one-day loss in U.S. history. The loss is worth more than all of the shares of many major U.S. businesses, including McDonald’s and Chevron, per CNN.
Nvidia’s shares tumbled over 9% in regular U.S. trading and continued the descent post-market by an additional 2%, after a report of a subpoena from the Department of Justice relating to an antitrust investigation, per Bloomberg.
Related: Why Are Nvidia Earnings So Important? They Could Be a ‘Market Mover,’ Says Expert
Jensen Huang, the CEO and Nvidia’s top individual shareholder, also took a personal hit with a $10 billion drop in his wealth.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang – Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP | Getty Images
Shares were up about 1% Wednesday afternoon, according to CNBC.
Nvidia has about 80% of the market for AI chips. In response to the DOJ antitrust investigation, a company spokesperson told the outlet that Nvidia “wins on merit, as reflected in our benchmark results and value to customers, who can choose whatever solution is best for them.”
Despite the losses, Nvidia is still up 118% year to date, per Reuters.
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